Welcome to Hell.... Hellboy, that is! For our first 2016 Halloween episode we cover the first Hellboy miniseries, Seed of Destruction by Mike Mignola and John Byrne from Dark Horse Comics. We also talk about Uncanny X-Men #s 12 & 13 by Cullen Bunn, Greg Land, and Ken Lashley, The Walking Dead #158 by Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard from Image Comics, a coverless issue of Dennis the Menace from the 1960s, and Avengers #262 by Roger Stern and John Buscema.

Tim was out this episode, so Marc and Kent shoot the poop about the comics they read this past week! Kent read Old Man Logan #s 9, 10, & 11 by Jeff Lemire and Andrea Sorrentino from Marvel Comics, 7 To Eternity #1 by Rick Remender & Jerome Opena from Image Comics, East of West #29 by Johnathon Hickman & Nick Dragotta by Image Comics, and Black Science #24 by Rick Remender & Matteo Scalera from Image Comics.

Three years, baby!!!! We've been doing this silly podcast for three years and to celebrate, we covered the major X-Men and Marvel Comics story, Days of Future Past, written by Chris Claremont and pencilled by John Byrne.

Tim talked about Three by Kieron Gillen, Ryan Kelly, and Jordie Bellaire from Image comics.

Kent hasn't read any comics in awhile, but he did read Neil Gaiman's prose book The Ocean at the End of the Line and he watched Stranger Things on Netflix, so that's awesome!

Marc read All-Star Batman #1 by Scott Snyder and John Romita, Jr., Our Fighting Forces #150 by Archie Goodwin and Ed Davis, and Green Arrow #s 4 & 5 by Benjamin Percy and Juan Ferreyra, all from DC Comics. Thanks for sticking with us for three years and here's to seventeen more!!!!

Tim and Marc dive back into 2000s-era DC Comics by reviewing the beginning of Greg Rucka's post-No Man's Land run on Detective Comics, issues 742 through 750. We also talk about Charles Soule's Daredevil #s 8 & 9 from Marvel Comics, and DC Comics presents #64 from 1983.

We travel back to 2000 and try to re-kindle Tim's love of comics by covering Judd Winnick's first three issues on Green Lantern starring Kyle Rayner, #s 129-131, from DC Comics. We also talk about West Coast Avengers #s 2 & 50 from Marvel Comics, issue #2 being written by Steve Englehart and drawn by Al Milgrom, and issue #50 written and drawn by John Byrne. Tim talks about Avengers Annual 2000, written by Kurt Busiek and drawn by Norm Breyfogle and Richard Howell, and The Chairs' Hiatus by Matthew Bogart. Marc also talked about Teen Titans #4 by Geoff Johns and Mike McKone from DC Comics, and a box of old, coverless comics he bought! We miss you Kent!!!!

This week we reload our revolvers and tie up the horses, cuz we read Oni Press's The Sixth Gun Volume 1, written by Cullen Bunn with art chores by Brian Hurtt. We also talk about what Kent's read this week, namely Cry Havoc, Southern Bastards 1-8, Black Road #4, East of West, Black Science, all from Image comics, and Future Quest #2.

We discuss exactly what Marvel is doing wrong these days, along with the recent Secret Wars mini-series. Marc talks about Aquaman #s 37 & 38 from the New 52, made by Jeff Parker and Paul Pellitier, and the 13th and final issue of IDW's Transformers Vs. G.I. Joe by Tom Scioli and John Barber.

The episode is unofficially sponsored by the Phillips Head Screw Driver Lobbyists.

Here Comes Daredevil! More specifically, here comes Mark Waid's first six issues of Daredevil for our Reading Assignment! It was pencilled by Paulo Rivera and Marcos Martin, and published from Marvel Comics.

Tim and Kent saw the newest comic book movie, Suicide Squad, so we dig into their thoughts on the film first thing.

We also talk about The Flash #1-3 from DC's Rebirth line, written by Joshua Williamson and Carmine Di Giandomenico, Superman #s 1-3 from DC's Rebirth line, written by Peter J. Tomasi and Patrick Gleason, Soulwind by Scott Morse, and Thor #8 by Jason Aaron and Russell Dauterman.

The episode is brought to you by Kent's loud fan he forgot to turn off.

This is it! Comic Nerds Unite made it to 125 episodes, and to celebrate we asked our wives to come on the show! We discuss comics with Nikki, Jen, and Crystal, then they judge the greatest competition ever devised by man: A Kermit the Frog impression contest! Later we talk about The Manhattan Projects Volumes 2 and 3 by Johnathan Hickman, Nick Pitarra, and Ryan Browne from Image Comics.

This show is unofficially sponsored by our wives' unending support and love.

No one exceeds the reach of the righteous. We CNU is very righteous indeed, for we read Jonathan Hickman & Nick Pitarra's alternate history/sci-fi romp, The Manhattan Projects Vol. 1, published by Image Comics. We also talk about the Marvel Secret Wars mini-series by Jonathan Hickman and Esad Ribic and Incredible Hulk #370 by Peter David and Dale Keown.

This week we're putting our hockey sticks on the ice! We cover Jeff Lemire's Essex County from Top Shelf Productions for the Reading Assignment this week. We also talk about Gilbert Hernandez and Darwyn Cooke's Twilight Children from Vertigo Comics, Seven Soldiers: Zatanna #s1-4 by Grant Morrison and Ryan Sook from DC Comics, The Walking Dead #155 by Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard from Image Comics, and Paper Girls #6 by Brian K. Vaughn and Cliff Chiang from Image Comics.

We get bloody for the Reading Assignment, wallowing in the grime that is Punisher MAX #s 1-5, written by Jason Aaron and drawn by Steve Dillon.

We also talk about the first two issues of I Hate Fairyland by Skottie Young, Batman Rebirth from DC Comics, written by Tom King & Scott Snyder, Green Arrow Rebirth by Otto Schmidt and Benjamin Percy, Tyrants by Josh Barbeau, and Tales from the Darkside #1 from IDW by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez.

We also talk about some soccer games or something, Benview on Spielberg, Marc's guest stint on Radio Brendoman, Jurassic World, and lots more!

Jack "The King" Kirby brings us this week's Reading Assignment, Kamandi: The Last Boy on Earth #1 from DC Comics! We dive in to this blast from comics' Bronze Age past! We also talk about the great time we had at Peoria, IL's Comic And Artist Expo, the first trade of Beauty from Image Comics, more Mouse Guard books from Archaia Press, and Thunderbolts #s 10 & 12 by Kurt Busiek and Mark Bagley, from Marvel Comics.

We read the Eisner-winning book Mouse Guard: Fall 1152 by David Peterson, published by Archaia Studios Press. We also discuss a bit about Archaia Press as a comics publisher, the new X-Men: Apocalypse movie, the Marvel Star Wars one-shot comic C-3PO by James Robinson and Tony Harris, and the first trade of Image Comics' The Wicked and the Divine by Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie.

Marc makes a statement on this podcast that's so controversial, you'll have to click to find out more.

Despite being Tim-less, Marc & Kent discuss the second half of Darwyn Cooke's Magnus Opus, DC: The New Frontier. We also talk about DC's Hanna Barbara book Future Quest #1, written by Jeff Parker, art by Evan Shaner and Steve Rude, and colors by Jordie Bellaire.

In a celebration of the life of amazing comic creator Darwyn Cooke, we tackle his magnum opus, DC: The New Frontier. The book is so great, so dense, so all-encompassing, that we actually only cover the first half in this two hour episode. We also read some listener feedback, talk about how adorable Kent is, and expound all the wonders and triumphs of DC's greatest team, the Challengers of the Unknown.

Tim's eldest daughter Lexi loves Supergirl. Supergirl has a popular TV show. It only seemed natural to combine these two things and do a Supergirl TV show episode with Lexi! We dive into the show in general, its characters and memorable episodes, and we specifically talk about the season finale "Better Angels" as a Watching Assignment. We also discuss Superman/Batman #19 by Jeph Loeb and Ian Churchill, and Supergirl #s 9-15 by Joe Kelly and Ian Churchill.

We also discuss the awesome comic book store that is Daydreams Comics in Iowa City, IA, Cry Havoc by Simon Spurrier and Ryan Kelly from Image Comics, A.D. New Orleans After the Deluge by Josh Neufeld from Pantheon Graphic Novels, Extraordinary X-Men by Jeff Lemire and Humberto Ramos from Marvel Comics, and Simpsons Comics #226 by Tony Digerolamo and Phil Oritz from Bongo Comics.

A Marc-eting genius at CNU thought it would be good to hop on the Captain America: Civil War hype train and do the Civil War series.

Choose a side, listeners! This week, in honor of the new Captain America film, we tackle the Marvel event of 2006, Civil War! We talk about Amazing Spider-man #529-531 by J. Michael Stracyznski, the main Civil War series, by Mark Millar, Steve McNiven, and Dexter Vines, the mysterious Illuminati and we talk about the impact Civil War had on the Marvel landscape back in 2006 and beyond.

Marvel's Civil War (2006) starred Captain America, Tony Stark (Iron Man), Spider-man, and all the other Marvel superheroes squaring off to support or oppose a Super-powered Registration Act.

All-New jumping-on point! We re
happy to announce #1 fan Kent Wagenschutz has been promoted to an
official co-host of Comic Nerds Unite! We celebrate by doing our
2nd episode of all two-sentence reviews of comics. We manage to
squeeze 55 reviews into one podcast!

Imaging waking up naked in a gulley and then a snake slips in your mouth. This podcast is better than that.

Get ready for some spookums! We talk about Rachel Rising by Terry Moore with Tim's wife and Star Wars Nerds Unite co-host Jennifer Van Autreve and #1 fan Kent Wagenschutz! We also read some listener mail and discuss an independent film called Superman v. Batman: Dawn of Justice.

This week we cover Marvel Comic's Hulk: Gray with #1 fan Kent Wagenschutz! Hulk: Gray is written by Jeph Loeb with art duties by Tim Sale.

We also talk about various presents we give each other, read some listener mail, and talk about The Human Fly by Bill Mantlo from Marvel Comics, Green Lantern by Geoff Johns, and Transformers Vs. G.I. Joe #11 by Tom Barber and Tom Scioli.

We take advantage of the Punisher's appearance in Netflix's Daredevil Season 2 by making "Punisher Kills The Marvel Universe" this week's Reading Assignment! It was written by Punisher Maestro Garth Ennis, and penciled by Dougie Braithwaite and published by Marvel comics. We then talk about Wolverines #1 and #2 by Charles Soule, Nick Bradshaw and some other dudes, the first Beauty trade paperback by Jeremy Haun, published by Image comics, and Spider-Man/Deadpool #s 2 & 3, put out by Marvel comics, written by Joe Kelly and art by Ed McGuinness.

On our way to C2E2 in Chicago, we thought it'd be fun to record an episode! In part one, we talk about our hopes & goals at the convention.

In part two, we discuss what we actually did at the con, including meeting Chris Claremont & Marguerite Bennett and hanging out with Ted Sikora of Apama, the Undiscovered Animal.

In part three, we just leave the microphone on & shoot the shit. Marc manages to fit in a quick review of Sword of the Atom from DC Comics, written by Jan Strnand and art by Gil Kane. This episode really captures what it's like to take a road trip with your friends...if your friends love comics.

This week Tim and Marc discuss the classic JLA tale, Tower of Babel! It was published in 2000 from DC Comics, and written by Mark Waid, with pencilling duties by Howard Porter and Steve Scott. Ever wonder how Batman would take out his best friends and colleagues? This story will tell you how!

We also read some listener mail from Kent Wagenschutz and Dylan Martino, and Marc talks about Milk & Cheese's Other #1, written and drawn by Evan Dorkin, from Slave Labor Graphics.

We were so excited about the Deadpool movie we just had to talk about it! We dig deep, so if you haven't seen it yet, rush to your theater and watch it! We'll wait! ...ready?

Okay, great.

How great was Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, Gina Carano, T.J. Miller, and Ed Skrein in this movie? The writers nailed all the fourth wall breaking, quick wit of Deadpool for sure too. R-rated superhero movies are a rare thing and we were not left wanting.

We also talk about Tim's trepidation with his house selling, Detective Comics by Brian Buccellato and Francis Manapul, Werewolf by Night #27 by Doug Moench and Don Perlin, Conan #56 by Roy Thomas and John Buscema, a Weird Jack Kirby fact, and letters!

We head boldly into the post Secret Wars Marvel universe by covering The Vision #s 1-4!

This ennui-filled bit of suburban malaise was written by Tom King, with art by Gabriel Hernandez Walta and colors by Jordie Bellaire. We have our good friend and Marvel continuity expert Jeff Uppole on the show to help us wade through the mire that is Vision's continuity.

We also talk about Amazing Forest #1 by Ulises Farinas, Erick Freitas, and a whole slew of artists, Mystery In Space #17, and Vader Down #1 by Jason Aaron and Mike Deodato.

It's Valentine's Day, and to celebrate, we found the most tragic romantic story in comics: Mad Love! It's written by Paul Dini and art is by Bruce Timm. It's the story of how Harley Quinn came to be so infatuated with the Joker, and it was adapted into an episode of Batman: The Animated Series!

Marc also treats us to a special "every 15 episode" intro featuring some of the comics industry's brightest stars!

Tim and Marc get a weird MP3 in the e-mail, which turns out to be from 2011 and is a review of DC's New 52- Batman Volume 1, The Court of Owls by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo! Weird, right? The MP3 also contains reviews of the New 52's Detective Comics #s 0-18 by Tony S Daniel, John Layman, Greg Hurwitz, and Jason Fabok, Catwoman #s 1-12, and Harley's Little Black Book #1.

We also discuss the news of DC revamping Hanna Barbara properties in comic book form, Wal-Marts selling trade paperbacks, Tim's crusade to get RC Cola into social media, a letter from #1 fan Kent Wagenschutz, and some Time Master guy in the corner who didn't stop break dancing.

We wax philosophical about the past year with our awards episode for 2015. In it, we talk about our favorite writers, artists, book, characters, which usual CNU guest hosts are or are not sleeping until 8PM and/or Watching Talespin, how great a sponsor our unofficial sponsor RC Cola is, how many buttrams it would take to get Tim to read another Convergence mini-series, how Jeremiah Lambert Art will "poo this", if talking about villains from The Walking Dead is appropriate or not, how many times saying the word "banana" will prepare listeners for spoilers, and some more. Not much more, but some more.

Tim and Marc needed to tear through their comic book backlog, so we tried something new this week. We read as many comics as we could, and wrote 2 sentence reviews for This week we're all about quantity over quality! This is one comic book podcast you do not want to miss! We talk about:

Back To the Future #1 from IDW, by Bob Gale, John Barber, Brent Schoonover, Erik Burnham, and Dan Schoening

For our 101st episode, we have #1 fan Kent Wagenschutz on the show to discuss the wonderful book from Archaia, "Tale Of Sand". This book is based on the un-produced screenplay of Jim Henson, the amazing creator of the Muppets! Ramon Perez handles art duties like a boss. We also talk to Kent about all the books he's been reading, Chew from Image comics, Kathy Bates, and Superman: Lois & Clark #s 1 & 2 from DC comics!